Appliance for railway-cars and other conveyances.



H. T. G'RONK. APPLIANGE FOR RAILWAY CARS AND OTHER GONVEYANGES,

' APPLIOATIONTILED MAE. 8, 1909. 9 4,21 '7, Patented July 12, 1910.

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ATTORNEYS H. T.- GRONK. APPLIANCE FOR RAILWAY (JARS AND OTHER GONVEYANGES.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 8, 1909. I

Patented July 12, 1910.

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' h BY ATTORNEYS To all whom it may concern:

sea era'- llli APPLIANCE roe RAILWAY-CARS AND OTHER CONVEYAINCES.

I, IIARRISON TAYLOR -'Be it known that CRONK, a citizen of'the United States, and

' a resident-of the city render innocuous and of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Appliance for Railway-Cars and otherGonveyances, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

for railway cars, boats and other conveyances, both public and private, to collect and retain waste, refuse and offal as is usually indiscriminately disposed of along routes f ld highways, and to disinfect, prevent the com municability of'any septic infections or diseases bys'aid waste, etc: until proper dis,- posal of the same can be made.

tank or receptacle removably supported on the car, boat orother conveyance, to receive, (hold and disinfect 'the waste and refuse during transit and such other times.

as-sai'd waste, etc. should not be disposed of in'the -open,,the tank having an auxiliary perforated receptacle into which the refuse is initially discharged, and the solids thereinretained while the liquids pass off into the surrounding tank. 3

Reference is to be had to the this specithe views. v Figure 1 illustrates an appliance embodymg my invention as applied to a railway car or other conveyance,the appliance being.

shown partly in longitudinal vertical section' Fig. 2 is a plan of the refuse tank in full lines in operative position and in dotted outline in position for removal, the car floor being partly broken 'away to better illustrate the construction; and Fig. 3 is a cross; section through the refuse tank.

At the under side of the car or other con-' veyance floor 10 is removably supported a refuse. tank .11, the support of. the tank be-' ing effected by a swinging arm 12 and a fixed'bracket 13, each having an upwardlydirected hooked portion engaged by downwardly-turned hooked flanges 15 and 16 riveted or otherwise secured to the ends 0 the tank, the hooked flange 15 being turned down at the ends over the outer edges of the arm,,as shown in dotted outline in Fig.

- Specification of Iietters Patent.

Application filed March 8, 1909. Serial No. 481,999.

.To this end I contemplate providing a its side walls liquid products ccompanythe solid refuse.

.2, to prevent the lateral displacement'of'the tank at this end, and the hooked flange 16, as also the hook of the on a'curve, the center of Wl1lCl1 lS the point of pivotal support of the arm" 12; This nanmson TAYLOR caonx, or new YORK, n. Y; r

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bracket 13, formed manner of supporting the tank enables the same to be swung from underneath the floor to the outside of the car, if applied to p such, to the dotted position shown in Fig. 2. The invention has in view'an appliance The tank is shown to be provided with handles 17 at each side adjacent to the ends,

ance, when the other set of handles is taken hold of and the tank lifted from the arm 12- and carried to 'the point of discharge.

The tank has a close-fitting cover'18 hinged or otherwise removably applied, and in the lower portion thereof is provided with a series, of perforated splash plates '19,-larranged both transversely and longitudinally,

forming a series of pockets, each pocket communlc'ating with theadjacent pockets through the perforations.

Above the splash plates 19 an auxiliary receptacle 20 is removably supported in the tank, with the bottom and lower portion ,of perforated to permit of the A water tank 22 is located at a convenient i v point on the conveyance, and is provided passing off, while "retaining with a plug 23. at the top for the 'introduction of an antiseptic powder, and a dis-,

charge plug 24 at the bottom through which the tank may be washed out.- 11 water sup-j as also the tram. plpe 26,-th'e latter connecting ply pipe 25 leads into the tank--22 with the tank above the normal water level and provided in its length with a check valve 27 and a pressure, gage 28. A hopper 29 discharg'es'into the auxiliary receptacle 20' and is flushed from a closet tank 30, the latter being supplied from the tank 22 through a pipe 31 which is shown to pass within a cupped valve seat 32 arranged near the bottom of the water supply tank. The

pipe 31 has a vertical portion on which is slidably retained a float valve 33, which, when the tank 22, seats on 'thecupped seat 32 and the water is substantially exhausted in.

-preven'ts'the escape of the train pipe air to the flush tank 30 is pressedby as'pring 38 the closed tank 30. The discharge plpe from the tank 30 to the hopper is normally closed by a valve 34 which has a vertical stem 35 passing through a tubular guide at the top of the tank 30 and connected with an operatinglever 36; A valve 37. at the top of in a direction to' cut oflg' the flow through the pipe 31, and hasastem 39 engaged'by a finger 40 carried by the stem 35 and pressing the valve 37 from its seat when the valve 34 is seated. By this construction, the water supply tank 22 is in communication with the flush tank 30 when the flow is cut off fromthe hopper butis instantly cut off with the flush tank when the valve 34: is raised. The dlscharge neck of the hopper, which may if desired contain a trap in its length,.is connected With the auxiliary receptacle 20 by a temporary-collapsible tube 41, the same being preferably constructed of water roof paper and having an inwardly-turned ange 42 at the top'engaging within a circumferen v tlal groove in the neck of the hopper. The, openlng in the cover 18through which the" tube 4.1 passes is shown to be dished in Wardly at the.edge, forming a seat for a conical gasket 43 which forms a tight joint between the refuse tank and the tube 41.

The solidsof'the refuse which are washed into the auxiliary receptacle are therein retained, while the, liquids flow oil into the refuse tank 11, and are all rendered 'inodorous, innocuous and non-contagious by the antiseptic and disinfecting materials introduced 1nto the water tank 22. When the boat or other conveyance, two receptacles arranged one .withm the other, the inner rerefuse tank becomes filled or partially filled lt is removed and emptied, as hereinbefo're outlined, when a convenient "point of discharge" is reached, the te'mporary collapsible opper and --tube 4:1 beinglfirst pulled from the discharge neckbf the into thereceptacle crushed and forced -Having; thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire toe secure by Letters Patent 4 1. combination with a' railway car,

ceptacle to .receivethe'waste', refuse and ofi'al and having erforated walls for the discharge of the uids therefrom into the outer receptacle.

2. In combination with a railway, car, boat or other conveyance, a reoe tacle in which the waste, refuse and ofia of. the

conveyance are discharged, and splash plates arranged in the receptacle to prevent the slopping of the fluids fromsaid waste, etc. under the influence of the motion of the conveyance.

3. In combination" with a railway car,

boat or other conveyance,'a refuse tank, a

waste pipe, and a temporary collapsible tubedetachably connected to the waste pipe and leading into vthe refuse tank.-

4. In combination with a railway car, boat or other conveyance, a'refuse tank, a waste pipe, a temporary collapsible tube detachably connected to .the waste leading into the refuse tank, an an inwardly-dished gasket yieldingly bearmg about the tube and forming agas-tight joint between itiand, the tank; e

5. In combination with a railway car,

boat or other conveyance, a refuse tan'khaving a series of perforated intersectin splash plates in the lower po'rtiomthereof ormmg a number of communicating pockets, an

auxiliary receptacle su ported within the tank above the splash p ates, with the lower 'portion thereof perforated, and a waste pipe discharging into the auxiliary. receptacle.

6. In combination withta railway car,

boat or other conveyance, a refuse tank, a Y

waste pipe, and a temporary collapsible tube connecting the waste pi e to the'tank.

7. In combination with a railway car,

boat or other conveyance, arefuse tank,' a

pipe andthe wastepipe and 

